{"id":841,"date":"2019-02-15T06:05:40","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T06:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buklijas.info\/blog\/?p=841"},"modified":"2019-03-30T12:19:07","modified_gmt":"2019-03-30T12:19:07","slug":"raspberry-pi-2-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/buklijas.info\/blog\/2019\/02\/15\/raspberry-pi-2-b\/","title":{"rendered":"Raspberry Pi 2 B"},"content":{"rendered":"

Published on:<\/strong> 15.02.2019<\/p>\n

After 3,5 years of owning and never using (let us talk about not being a finisher later) Raspberry Pi 2 B I finally decided to see for what it can be used in practice.<\/p>\n

Yes, I know that now already Raspberry Pi 3 B+ exist<\/strong> and that it has better performance.<\/p>\n

I did use the original Raspberry Pi in 2012<\/strong> to make a simple version of Screenly<\/a>, but that is a story for another time.<\/p>\n

First, I went to the official webpage<\/a> to see what is new and how to install operating systems (I will use abbreviations OS from here on).<\/p>\n

There I have found out that the best way for beginners is to use NOOBS<\/a>.<\/p>\n

My experience with NOOBS is positive<\/strong>, there are few OS that can be installed with it.<\/p>\n

Another software with similar capabilities is BerryBoot<\/a>, it has some additional OS that NOOBS does not have, but also NOOBS have an OS that
\nBerryBoot, so best is to try both<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

One tip, label of miniSD card must be called boot<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Just for information, all tests have been done on 22inch DELLmonitor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Using Raspberry Pi 2 B as desktop PC<\/h3>\n

My test was basically how good youtube is working.<\/p>\n

Surprisingly better than I expected, Raspberry Pi 2 B on Raspbian<\/a> is able to play 360p videos with no problems, even 480p video worked, but the video had some lags but the audio was fine.<\/p>\n

Form my opinion the biggest drawback for using any Raspberry as a desktop computer is lack of software<\/strong> (eg. no DropBox) because the software needs to be compiled for RISC processor.<\/p>\n

Retropie<\/h3>\n

Retropie<\/a> is OS for playing retro games.<\/p>\n

NES and SNES games were fine<\/strong>, but N64 (N64 was my first 3D console, so there is an emotional connection) was not so good (GoldenEye on 10 FPS, not playable).<\/p>\n

Raspberry Pi 3 is working better according to Reddit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

CCTV<\/h3>\n

Using motioneye<\/a> as CCTV on Raspberry Pi 2 B is working better than expected.<\/p>\n

You can add a local camera to motioneye or even remote IP camera.<\/p>\n

Motion detection is supported<\/strong> with upload to FTP, DropBox, Google Drive, etc.<\/p>\n

Just be aware that you can not expect the same quality as of specialized dedicated CCTV system, but it is perfect for a hobby project<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Public Facing Screens<\/h3>\n

You can use Raspberry Pi 2 B as a public facing screen, one useful OS for that purpose is Screenly<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It offered as a monthly subscription model, but if you use it just in a local network, it is free<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Tools and links<\/h3>\n

The tools:<\/p>\n

balenaEtcher<\/a> cross-platform tool to flash OS images to SD cards<\/p>\n

SD Memory Card Formatter<\/a> formats SD\/SDHC\/SDXC Cards<\/p>\n

Links:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.trustedreviews.com\/reviews\/raspberry-pi-3-performance-and-verdict-page-3<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.jeffgeerling.com\/blog\/2018\/raspberry-pi-3-b-review-and-performance-comparison<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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